The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment

by Christopher J . Berry (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2013

  $138.43

  Explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts the arguments Scottish philosophers put forward for and against the idea. This book focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment's conception of commercial society, revealing it to be the movement's core idea.